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Formica sp parasitic maybe

Started By KadinB , Aug 16 2021 10:40 PM

Best Answer Mettcollsuss , August 17 2021 - 3:43 AM

Looks like sanguinea group to me. I can't see the clypeal notch to be sure, but it's overall body structure seems closer to sanguinea group than to integra group.

 

Here's the list of the species in the sanguinea group. You're looking at the wiki page for just F. sanguinea. It's the only species the group that occurs in Eurasia, the rest of the sanguinea group species occur in North America.

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#1 Offline KadinB - Posted August 16 2021 - 10:41 PM

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I was at my friends house and we found some Formica sp swarming. They had no brood at all but it looked like a raid. They were found at 2000 elevation.Also found 1 hour north from Sacramento.

1. Found in paradise California

2. Found June 24th

3. Pine forest

4.unknown

5.black gasture, red/orangish head and thorax and legs are orange

6. Number 5

7.no

8.unknown

9.unknown

10.pictures below

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If better pictures are asked I can’t cause I live 1 hour away from that town and that’s the only time he has seen them before. These are screenshots from a video also. Thanks you!


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#2 Offline KadinB - Posted August 16 2021 - 10:43 PM

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And it double posted…. Sorry about that


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#3 Offline KadinB - Posted August 16 2021 - 11:53 PM

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I was looking at this identification post and this formica sp looks a lot like mine and it looks like this Formica sp here which those were Id as Formica sanguinea-group

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#4 Offline KadinB - Posted August 17 2021 - 12:00 AM

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I was looking at this identification post and this formica sp looks a lot like mine and it looks like this Formica sp here which those were Id as Formica sanguinea-group

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Hmmm I just looked at ant wiki maps and it showed them being in those countries below
But I bet I’m wrong I suck at id with most sp

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#5 Offline Mettcollsuss - Posted August 17 2021 - 3:43 AM   Best Answer

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Looks like sanguinea group to me. I can't see the clypeal notch to be sure, but it's overall body structure seems closer to sanguinea group than to integra group.

 

Here's the list of the species in the sanguinea group. You're looking at the wiki page for just F. sanguinea. It's the only species the group that occurs in Eurasia, the rest of the sanguinea group species occur in North America.


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#6 Offline KadinB - Posted August 17 2021 - 7:33 AM

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Looks like sanguinea group to me. I can't see the clypeal notch to be sure, but it's overall body structure seems closer to sanguinea group than to integra group.

Here's the list of the species in the sanguinea group. You're looking at the wiki page for just F. sanguinea. It's the only species the group that occurs in Eurasia, the rest of the sanguinea group species occur in North America.

ahhh I thought so lol. That’s a cool find. Thank you!


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